Discussion between Lara/Tendulkar should be settled now that who is greater, Lara , for all his brilliance, retired 4 years ago while Tendy is still going with pretty much same rate as he did before. To me Tendulkar has moved on a different level than Lara.

Discussion between Lara/Tendulkar should be settled now that who is greater, Lara , for all his brilliance, retired 4 years ago while Tendy is still going with pretty much same rate as he did before. To me Tendulkar has moved on a different level than Lara.

Nah he prefers to gobsmack the heavens out of lesser bowlers like Steyn, Morkel etc.

Theres no point arguing here, it is pretty damn well understood and established that Lara continued to dominate in the later stages of his career, he didn't change his approach, Tendulkar did and he has alluded to this himself. All if not the majority of cricket fans will tell you, they would much rather prefer the Tendulkar of the late 90s. You wouldn't find such percentages for Lara.

Discussion between Lara/Tendulkar should be settled now that who is greater, Lara , for all his brilliance, retired 4 years ago while Tendy is still going with pretty much same rate as he did before. To me Tendulkar has moved on a different level than Lara.

lol.. Lara was forced to retire at 37 when he was still better than any Windies batsmen and perhaps better than most batsmen in the world... I can see the reasons why Sachin could be considered better than Lara but I don't think that is one of them... And there is no real "settled" to this anyhow because Lara has not gotten any worse since 2007, even though Tendulkar has gotten better. It has always been, and will always be, down to personal preference. Just dont see any definitive or qualititive answer to this Vs question at all...

We miss you, Fardin. :(. RIP.

Originally Posted by vic_orthdox

In the end, I think it's so utterly, incomprehensibly boring. There is so much context behind each innings of cricket that dissecting statistics into these small samples is just worthless. No-one has ever been faced with the same situation in which they come out to bat as someone else. Ever.

Theres no point arguing here, it is pretty damn well understood and established that Lara continued to dominate in the later stages of his career, he didn't change his approach, Tendulkar did and he has alluded to this himself. All if not the majority of cricket fans will tell you, they would much rather prefer the Tendulkar of the late 90s. You wouldn't find such percentages for Lara.

Lara's SR in the last years and pretty much entire career was around60, Tendulkar in the last 3 years is striking at 57, while averaging well over 60 aswell.

Shahid Afridi too never changed his approach ever. But that doesnt make him an ATG

Hmm, not sure you can generalise so easily about what 'real' cricket fans like to watch or not watch.

yeah.. and the fact is, a number of Indians would even watch Sachin walk back and forth over some other batsmen actually batting... It is really unexplainable. I guess a lot of it IS down to how good a person he comes across as, apart from all his cricketing achievements. THAT should never be underrated in any discussion regarding Sachin. The guy is a role model for any public figure, leave alone sports.

lol.. Lara was forced to retire at 37 when he was still better than any Windies batsmen and perhaps better than most batsmen in the world... I can see the reasons why Sachin could be considered better than Lara but I don't think that is one of them... And there is no real "settled" to this anyhow because Lara has not gotten any worse since 2007, even though Tendulkar has gotten better. It has always been, and will always be, down to personal preference. Just dont see any definitive or qualititive answer to this Vs question at all...

Curious, how'd you backup that statement?

Lara's last year was pretty mediocre, although I agree he was still better than 99% other WI batsmen

Lara's last year was pretty mediocre, although I agree he was still better than 99% other WI batsmen

depends on what you mean by mediocre.. Lara was smashing it against the Aussies and was playing Tait (the quickest thing around back then) as easily as anyone ever did in that WC... As I said, I don't really recall him being bad at any point then.. Maybe during the INdia series he wasn't his usual self but really, Lara had a thing of getting out to mediocre INdian bowlers like Sachin does with a Fernando or other newbies.. Basically, I don't think I have seen anything to change my opinion yet on the matter. Lara by the whiskerest of whiskers (used to a real whisker earlier but Sachin HAS gotten better since that Aussie tour in 2007/2008.) but Sachin overall, clearly.